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name: Normandy - The Final Countdown II
theater: Normandy
authors: Starfire
recommended_player_faction:
  country: Combined Joint Task Forces Blue
  name: D-Day Allied Forces 1944 and 1990
  authors: Starfire
  description:
    <p>Faction for Final Countdown II</p>
  locales:
    - en_US
  aircrafts:
    - Boston Mk.III
    - Fortress Mk.III
    - Mustang Mk.IV (Late)
    - Spitfire LF Mk IX
    - Thunderbolt Mk.II (Late)
    - MosquitoFBMkVI
    - F-14B Tomcat
    - F/A-18C Hornet (Lot 20)
    - SH-60B Seahawk
  awacs:
    - E-2C Hawkeye
  tankers:
   - S-3B Tanker   
  frontline_units: 
    - A17 Light Tank Mk VII Tetrarch
    - A22 Infantry Tank MK IV Churchill VII
    - A27L Cruiser Tank MK VIII Centaur IV
    - A27M Cruiser Tank MK VIII Cromwell IV
    - Daimler Armoured Car Mk I
    - M2A1 Half-Track
    - QF 40 mm Mark III
    - Sherman Firefly VC
    - Sherman III
  artillery_units:
    - M12 Gun Motor Carriage
  logistics_units:
    - Truck Bedford
    - Truck GMC "Jimmy" 6x6 Truck
  infantry_units:
    - Infantry M1 Garand
  naval_units:
    - DDG Arleigh Burke IIa
    - CG Ticonderoga
    - CVN-74 John C. Stennis
  missiles: []
  air_defense_units:
     - Bofors 40 mm Gun
  preset_groups:
     - Ally Flak
  requirements:
    WW2 Asset Pack: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/products/other/wwii_assets_pack/
  carrier_names:
     - CVN-71 Theodore Roosevelt
  has_jtac: true
  jtac_unit: MQ-9 Reaper
  unrestricted_satnav: true
  doctrine: ww2
  building_set: ww2ally
recommended_enemy_faction: Germany 1944
description:
  <p>While enroute to the Persian Gulf for Operation Desert Shield, the USS Theodore Roosevelt and its carrier strike group are engufled by an electrical vortex and transported through time and space to the English channel on the morning of the Normandy Landings - June 6th 1944. Seeking to reduce the cost in lives to the Allied Forces about to storm the beaches, the captain of the Roosevelt has elected to provide air support for the landings.</p><p><strong>Note:</strong> This campaign has a custom faction that combines modern US naval forces with WW2 Allied forces. To play it as intended, you should carefully ration your use of modern aircraft and not replenish them if shot down (as you cannot get new Tomcats and Hornets in 1944). You can also choose to play it as a purely WW2 campaign by switching to one of the WW2 Ally factions.</p>
miz: final_countdown_2.miz
performance: 2
recommended_start_date: 1944-06-06
version: "10.8"
squadrons:
  #Blue CV (90)
  Blue-CV:
    - primary: TARCAP
      secondary: any
      aircraft:
        - F-14B Tomcat
      size: 24
    - primary: DEAD
      secondary: any
      aircraft:
        - F/A-18C Hornet (Lot 20)
      size: 24
    - primary: AEW&C
      aircraft:
        - E-2C Hawkeye
      size: 2
    - primary: Refueling
      aircraft:
        - S-3B Tanker
      size: 2
    - primary: Air Assault
      secondary: any
      aircraft:
        - SH-60B Seahawk
      size: 4
  #Stoney Cross (39)
  58:
    - primary: OCA/Runway
      secondary: air-to-ground
      aircraft:
        - A-20G Havoc
        - Boston Mk.III
      size: 20
  #Needs Oar Point (55)
  28:
    - primary: BARCAP
      secondary: any
      aircraft:
        - Spitfire LF Mk IX
      size: 20
    - primary: DEAD
      secondary: air-to-ground
      aircraft:
        - MosquitoFBMkVI
      size: 20
  #RAF Grafton Underwood (1000)
  From RAF Grafton Underwood:
    - primary: Strike
      secondary: air-to-ground
      aircraft:
        - B-17G Flying Fortress
        - Fortress Mk.III
      size: 20
  #Lymington (56)
  37:
    - primary: Escort
      secondary: any
      aircraft:
        - P-51D-30-NA Mustang
        - Mustang Mk.IV (Late)
      size: 20
    - primary: BAI
      secondary: any
      aircraft:
        - P-47D-40 Thunderbolt
        - Thunderbolt Mk.II (Late)
      size: 20

  #Carpiquet (47)
  19:
    - primary: TARCAP
      secondary: air-to-air
      aircraft:
        - Fw 190 D-9 Dora
      size: 12
    - primary: CAS
      secondary: air-to-ground
      aircraft:
        - Ju 88 A-4
      size: 8
  #Broglie (32)
  68: 
    - primary: Escort
      secondary: any
      aircraft:
      - Bf 109 K-4 Kurfürst
      size: 24
  #Saint-Andre-de-lEure (30)
  70:
    - primary: BAI
      secondary: air-to-ground
      aircraft:
        - Ju 88 A-4
      size: 12
    - primary: Strike
      secondary: air-to-ground
      aircraft:
        - Ju 88 A-4
      size: 12
  #Vilacoublay (76)
  42: 
    - primary: BARCAP
      secondary: any
      aircraft:
      - Fw 190 A-8 Anton
      size: 20